16.10 — DEFINITIONS

The term "City Council" means the City Council of the City of Palmdale. (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "City Engineer" means the City Engineer of the City of Palmdale, or an authorized designee.

(Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "City standards" means all those ordinances, standards, regulations, policies, resolutions and procedures that the City uses to review, process, approve or inspect applications for development, including, but not limited to, public improvements, grading and landscaping. (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "commercially or industrially zoned land" means any land shown on the most current City Zoning Map within any of the following zones: Neighborhood Commercial (NC), Regional Commercial (RC), Visitor Commercial (VC), Medical Flex (MEDFX), Educational Flex (EDFX), Office Flex (OFX), Light Industrial (LI), Heavy Industrial (HI), Aerospace Industrial (AI), or Mineral Resource Extraction (MRE), or any approved specific plan area for which the underlying General Plan designation falls within these zones. (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996; Ord. 1614 § 4 (Exh. I), 2023)

The term "community apartment project" means a project in which an undivided interest in land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy of any apartment located thereon. (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "composite development plan" means a plan or plans, filed at the time of filing of a final map, which shows the information required by PMC § 16.80.050. (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "condominium" means a common interest development or community apartment project, planned development, stock cooperative or townhouse form of ownership involving separate ownership or permanent right of exclusive use of individual units as defined in Section 1351 of the California Civil Code.

(Ord. 1564 § 1, 2021)

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PALMDALE CODE

§ 16.10.070

§ 16.10.130

The term "condominium conversion" means the conversion or division of a single-ownership parcel of existing improved residential real property, such as an apartment project, into a condominium, community apartment project, stock cooperative or townhouse form of ownership involving separate ownership or permanent right of exclusive use of individual units. (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "condominium conversion project" means the entire parcel of real property to be converted or which is proposed for a change of use, including all structures thereon or appurtenant thereto.

(Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "Development Advisory Board" means those representatives of the City Planning Division, Public Works Department, Fire Department, Building and Safety Division, Public Safety Division, and those representatives of local public utilities, who confer from time to time to review development applications and preliminary development proposals for conformance with City regulations, policies and standards.

(Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996; Ord. 1408 § 9, 2010; Ord. 1564 § 2, 2021; Ord. 1614 § 4 (Exh. I), 2023)

The term "Director" means the Director of Economic and Community Development of the City, or the Director's authorized designee.

(Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996; Ord. 1614 § 4 (Exh. I), 2023)

The term "general plan" means the general plan of the City of Palmdale, including all adopted elements and maps, as it may be amended from time to time. (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "Duly Authorized Registered Civil Engineer" means Civil Engineer licensed before January 1, 1982, per Business and Professions Code Section 6731. (Ord. 1564 § 1, 2021)

The term "multiple or phased final maps" means any aggregation of final maps which are filed on property included in a single tentative map. (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "orderly development" means the logical and practical extension of land uses and

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SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.10.130

§ 16.10.180

infrastructure to previously undeveloped sites, in a manner which does not result in isolated pockets of developed land, cause a significant impact to the provision of public services or to other properties, or result in the development of vacant unimproved land before adequate services and infrastructure are available to serve the area in a cost-effective manner, as determined by the reviewing authority.

(Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996; Ord. 1614 § 4 (Exh. I), 2023)

The term "Planning Commission" means the Planning Commission of the City of Palmdale. (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "Review Authority" means the person or decision-making body (i.e., Director, Planning Commission or City Council) responsible for the review and/or final action on a land use entitlement.

(Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996; Ord. 1614 § 4 (Exh. I), 2023)

The term "small lot subdivision" means any proposed subdivision of residentially designated land which would create lots which are less than 7,000 square feet in area, and are intended for the development of attached or detached single-family residential dwellings. (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "stock cooperative project" means a project wherein a corporation is formed or utilized primarily for the purpose of holding title to an apartment project, if all, or substantially all, of the shareholders of such corporation receive a right of exclusive occupancy in a dwelling unit in the apartment project, title to which is held by the corporation. The right of occupancy is transferable only concurrently with the transfer of shares of stock in the corporation held by the person having such right of occupancy. For the purpose of this title, stock cooperative projects are subject to the same restrictions and conditions as condominium conversion projects. (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

The term "zoning ordinance" means PMC Title 17, including all text and maps, as it may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

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SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.20.010

§ 16.20.020